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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants. For continuous variables, results are expressed as mean ± SD

From: Apolipoprotein E and sex modulate fatty acid metabolism in a prospective observational study of cognitive decline

 

Cases

Controls

All

Female

Male

All

Female

Male

N

202

133

69

166

110

56

Age (years)

75.8 ± 4.4

76.1 ± 4.4

75.2 ± 4.5

75.1 ± 4.1

75.5 ± 4.0

74.4 ± 4.2

Sex (% female)

65.8

-

-

66.3

-

-

Education level, ≥ secondary school (%)

29.7

30.1

29.0

31.9

31.8

32.1

ApoE-ε4+ frequency (%)

25.7

25.6

26.1

12.0

13.6

8.9

BMI (kg m-2)

26.8 ± 4.3

26.4 ± 4.6

27.6 ± 3.7

26.3 ± 3.7

26.1 ± 4.2

26.7 ± 2.6

Number of medications regularly consumed

4.9 ± 2.8

5.2 ± 2.7

4.2 ± 2.7

3.9 ± 2.3

4.1 ± 2.1

3.4 ± 2.7

MMSE (points)

27.0 ± 2.2

27.0 ± 2.2

26.9 ± 2.2

27.9 ± 1.7

27.8 ± 1.8

28.2 ± 1.4

BVRT (points)

10.8 ± 2.1

10.6 ± 2.1

11.1 ± 2.1

11.8 ± 1.9

11.6 ± 2.0

12.2 ± 1.7

IST (points)

27.8 ± 5.8

27.7 ± 5.7

28.0 ± 6.4

31.2 ± 6.1

31.2 ± 6.4

31.1 ± 5.7

TMTA (number of correct displacements per minute)

24.1 ± 8.0

23.5 ± 7.7

25.4 ± 8.5

29.3 ± 9.3

29.1 ± 9.3

29.7 ± 9.4

TMTB (number of correct displacements per minute)

10.0 ± 5.8

9.8 ± 5.5

10.6 ± 6.5

14.5 ± 6.7

14.4 ± 6.7

14.8 ± 6.6

Glucose (mmol L-1)

5.5 ± 1.6

5.4 ± 1.8

5.5 ± 1.3

5.1 ± 1.0

4.9 ± 0.7

5.6 ± 1.4

Creatinine (mmol L-1)

83.1 ± 22.5

75.9 ± 14.2

97.0 ± 28.3

79.3 ± 18.1

73.6 ± 14.9

90.7 ± 18.5

Cholesterol (mmol L-1)

5.8 ± 0.9

5.9 ± 0.9

5.6 ± 0.9

5.8 ± 1.0

5.9 ± 1.0

5.7 ± 0.9

LDL-C (mmol L-1)

3.6 ± 0.8

3.7 ± 0.8

3.6 ± 0.8

3.6 ± 0.9

3.7 ± 1.0

3.6 ± 0.7

HDL-C (mmol L-1)

1.6 ± 0.4

1.7 ± 0.4

1.4 ± 0.4

1.6 ± 0.4

1.6 ± 0.4

1.4 ± 0.3

Triglycerides (mmol L-1)

1.4 ± 0.8

1.3 ± 0.7

1.4 ± 0.9

1.3 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.5

1.4 ± 0.9

  1. Abbreviations: ApoE-ε4+, carrier of the ε4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene; BMI, body mass index; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination test; BVRT, Benton Visual Retention Test; IST, Isaac’s Set Test; TMTA, Trail-Making Test part A; TMTB, Trail-Making Test part B; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.